Definitions for analyse

Overview of verb analyse

The verb analyse has 4 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)

1. (2) analyze, analyse, study, examine, canvass, canvas

(consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning; "analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare"; "analyze the evidence in a criminal trial"; "analyze your real motives")

2. analyze, analyse

(break down into components or essential features; "analyze today's financial market")

3. analyze, analyse, break down, dissect, take apart

(make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features; "analyze a specimen"; "analyze a sentence"; "analyze a chemical compound")

4. analyze, analyse, psychoanalyze, psychoanalyse

(subject to psychoanalytic treatment; "I was analyzed in Vienna by a famous psychiatrist")